It’s Never Too Late
The positivity of realizing it’s never too late is spectacular.
In the United States, at least, there’s a whole cultural phenomenon around “middle age.” Some people celebrate it while others lament it. And let’s be perfectly blunt here – “middle-aged” white men have a certain level of privilege that they take advantage of selfishly more often than selflessly.
Because of the attention surrounding becoming “middle-aged” – there is also a whole idea of no longer being able to do certain things. You’re “over the hill” and “past your prime” and it’s too late for this, that, or the other thing.
This, for the record, is total bullshit. It’s never too late to do anything. It’s only too late so long as you believe that it is.
How many stories are there of people in their 70s and 80s getting college degrees? The oldest swimmer of the English Channel was 71-years old. Retirees start new businesses in their 70s all the time. They didn’t think it was too late to do the thing they did – so why does this narrative continue?
You can work a job for 30 years but then start your own business. It’s possible to raise children and then travel the world. Granted, for some people, this is easier than others because of life situation, experience, where they are from, privilege, and whatnot. However – it’s never too late unless you believe that it is.
With virtually anything you desire for your life, it’s never too late to do, be, have, any given experience.
You have more power than you know
Fortunately, or unfortunately, we live in a hyper-materialistic world. We’re inundated with messages about power being reflected by the things you own, the vacations you take, the home you live in, the neighborhood you occupy, and so on.
The most content people, however, are those who have the best handle on themselves. Google this if you disbelieve me – studies have been made. They are mindful of their conscious reality and look inside themselves for comfort more than to things without.
The problem with materialism is that it is extremely disempowering. Particularly when we have uber-wealthy people with more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes employing people for well below a viable living wage.
This creates a false narrative of haves and have-nots, which is disempowering.
When you stop worrying about having things to show off your affluence or to keep up with the neighbors – you take back your power. And the more you take back that power the more you will see just how very powerful you truly are.
“Things” do not make you happy. Having things is much less important than we treat them. What’s more, the materialistic quest for things adds to the illusion of it being too late to do this, that, or the other thing.
Don’t get me wrong – there are things that it’s nice to have. But the things are not the end-all-be-all they get made out to be.
It’s never too late to take charge of your life experience to have, be, and do what you desire.
Most of us don’t desire “things”
When considering the idea of it being too late for this, that, or the other thing – it’s often tied to material things. But, more often than not, while there are material things we might desire – our deepest desires are not things.
What we most desire are experiences and connections.
Life is a series of connections and experiences. We might remember material things – but more than that, we tend to remember the experiences and connections therein.
This is not always connections between people. Every time I have visited Sedona and hiked through the energy vortices there, I have felt so connected to the planet that it felt as real as any connection I’ve had with a person. Whenever I hear the opening theme to Star Wars, I recall the connection to the joy I had when seeing it the first time as a 5-year-old child over 40 years ago.
These are experiences and connections – and they are the things that most people seek to have in their life. And they always begin within us.
As I recently wrote, it really is all about connections. Establishing connections between ourselves and people, places, and experiences is what drives humankind. Ultimately, the connection we seek is not some outside entity or God or what-have-you – it’s our inner Universal source energy. The place we ALL come from and desire to reconnect to (because the connection is lessened when we become material in these bodies.)
Things can help us to form connections and have experiences. To go to Arizona and hike around Sedona, to have that experience again, I either need to fly or drive there. That requires material things to make happen.
But the things are the means to the end – not the end to the means. This is why, in seeking experiences and connections, it’s truly never too late.
It’s never too late
Do you want to pursue your passion? Turn a hobby into a career? Get that college degree you never got? Become a teacher? Sell all your things, by an RV, and live the nomad life? Do something you have always desired to do? It’s never too late.
Age is just a number. Yes, our bodies experience some decay and degeneration over time – but largely the only thing that gets in our way is our inner selves. When we accept that there is lack, scarcity, insufficiency, or just not enough time – that’s the reality we live in.
Thus, if you’re over 50 and think it’s too late to do this, that, or the other thing – that’s the reality you create and live in. If you truly desire to have, do, be, or experience a thing – it’s never too late to go for it.
True, it might be super-difficult. There might be a ton of work for you to do to achieve that thing. But if it is your true desire – I mean you just know it feels like what you most want – then it’s never too late unless you believe that it is.
And this is a source of tremendous positivity.
When you realize that it’s never too late, you open yourself to taking control of your life. You empower yourself to find and have connections and experiences as you desire to. You open yourself up to potential and possibility and choosing to live life – rather than let life live you.
Consciousness creates reality. If you believe that it’s too late – that’s your reality. But when you see and believe that it’s never too late – THAT can be your reality. And the positivity of that can take you just about anywhere you really, truly desire to go.
Time is an illusion
Finally, I’d like to point out that science has shown us – in multiple ways – that time is an illusion.
Thus, if time is merely an illusion – then it can never be too late. This isn’t just new-agey bullshit – science agrees that time does not function merely how you and I perceive it. What’s more, as our perceptions of the Universe vary – so, too, do our perceptions of time.
Hence, it’s only too late if you perceive that it’s too late. But the truth is that it’s never too late – and to do, be, and have the life experiences you most desire you just need to find and/or create your way.
Since this moment in time, here and now, is the only real time that there is – why wait? Sure, it’s never too late – but why delay? Practice mindfulness, visualize the connections and experiences you desire – and go for it.
You are worthy and deserving of a life that excites, invigorates, motivates, and makes you happy. It’s never too late to find and/or create it.
Recognizing that it’s never too late isn’t hard
It begins with mindfulness of your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions.
Knowing that age is a made-up number and that there are always options available – you can work to do anything you set your intention to do because it’s never too late. When you apply mindfulness to find and/or create what you desire for your life experience that ultimately empowers you.
When you feel empowered, your mindfulness increases, you become more aware overall, and that gets reflected and spreads to more people. This creates a feedback loop of awareness and positivity. A feedback loop we can all take part in.
Then, we build more positive feelings and discover further reasons to feel positivity and gratitude. That can be the impetus to improve numerous aspects of our lives for the better, help overcome the overwhelming negativity of any current situation, and generate yet more positivity and gratitude.
We are worthy and deserving of all the good we desire.
An attitude of gratitude is an attitude of pure positivity. That positivity can generate even greater positive energies – and that is always worthwhile.
This is the three-hundred and seventy-seventh entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog, and spread the positivity.
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